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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2003
Applicant:
Masayuki Higashi, Fuchu, JP;
Inventor:
Masayuki Higashi, Fuchu, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Elevator Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo-To, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An elevator including a car placed in an elevator shaft so as to move vertically along a pair of car guide rails, and a counterweight placed in the elevator shaft so as to move vertically along a pair of counterweight guide rails. A rope connects the car and the counterweight. A hoisting machine drives the rope. The hoisting machine is mounted on a base attached to the upper ends of the counterweight guide rails and the upper end of one of the pair of car guide rails.